John 3:21:4John.3.21.W4TAB

τὴν

tên

{the}

Transliteration
TÊN
Extended
TÊN
IPA
/ˈtɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
{the}

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    TÊN

  2. sentence

    ho DE poi-ON TÊN a-LÊ-thei-an ER-khe-tai pros to PHÔS HI-na pha-ne-rô-THÊI au-TOO ta ER-ga HO-ti en the-OI es-tin eir-ga-SME-na

Exegesis

The verse opens with the substantival participial phrase ho de poion tēn alētheian {ὁ δὲ ποιῶν τὴν ἀλήθειαν | ho de poi-ṓn tḕn alḗ-thei-an} ‘the one who does the truth,’ where the article and participle function together as the subject and establish a contrastive moral profile.

In contextJohn 3:21

But the one who does the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be disclosed, because they have been done in God .

About this coordinate

John 3:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 3:21, so the Greek word τὴν (tên) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.3.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.3.21.W4.S1) and character.